Re: Trouble installing packages

[marco atzeri]

On 11/4/2012 8:01 PM, theboss368 wrote:
> I would really prefer not to.   So let me see if I have this straight.
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> 1. I download the package odepkg-0.8.2.tar.gz  file

that is a source file, not binary

> 2. I open octave and change the directory to have it be my downloads folder
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> 3. I input      'pkg install odepkg-0.8.2.tar.gz'

what was the output ?
what is the output of "pkg list" command ?

> Theoretically this should have my package loaded and ready to use correct??

if you have the compiler and all the stuff used to build octave

> my next question is how do I change my directory?
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> I know I use either "cd" or "chdir" but what do I do then?
no idea of what you means

MArco